Legal Opinion
Trujeque v. Service Merchandise Co.
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided March 29, 1994No. 20368PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RANSOM, Justice.
Carmen Trujeque sued Service Merchandise for injuries sustained when a chair that Service Merchandise provided for customers collapsed as Trujeque sat down. The trial court instructed the jury on res ipsa loquitur, and the jury returned a special verdict for the defendant. The Court of Appeals affirmed in an unpublished opinion. We issued a writ of certiorari to review the error alleged to have occurred when, in response to a question from the jury foreman, the trial judge instructed the jury on the meaning of the term “exclusive control.” Because we find that the…
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- Hepp v. Quickel Auto & Supply Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1933
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